Case: Wage & Hour/FMLA Retaliation (S.D. Ohio)

Speedway LLC is entitled to summary judgment on the claim of an employee who alleged that he was discharged in retaliation for using leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, rather than because he didn’t return to work from his leave on his scheduled date after his request for vacation time was denied, an Ohio federal court ruled. The four-month period between his request for FMLA leave and his firing is too long to establish a causal connection between his protected activity and his termination, the court said. He also failed to show pretext because his allegation that Speedway’s ...